जीव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From the zero-grade (*ǰiHw-) of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰayHw-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live) (whence also गय (gáya)).[1]

    Root

    जीव् • (jīv)[2][3]

    1. live
    2. revive, reanimate

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    Non-finite forms
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुजीव् (anujīv)
    • अतिजीव् (atijīv)
    • आजीव् (ājīv)
    • उज्जीव् (ujjīv)
    • उपजीव् (upajīv)
    • संजीव् (saṃjīv)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जीव् (0 c, 29 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जीव् (14 c, 0 e)

    Descendants

    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जीव् (14 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “JĪV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 594
    2. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “जीव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 422, column 2.
    3. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 54